No love is entirely without worth, even when the frivolous calls to the frivolous and the base to the base.

Quote by Iris Murdoch

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One doesn't have to get anywhere in a marriage. It's not a public conveyance.

One doesn't have to get anywhere in a marriage. It's not a public conveyance.

A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.

A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.

All art is a struggle to be, in a particular sort of way, virtuous.

All art is a struggle to be, in a particular sort of way, virtuous.

Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.

Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.

The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a...

The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a...

Falling out of love is very enlightening. For a short while you see the world...

Falling out of love is very enlightening. For a short while you see the world...

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at...

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at...

Perhaps when distant people on other planets pick up some wavelength of ours all they...

Perhaps when distant people on other planets pick up some wavelength of ours all they...

Anything that consoles is fake.

Anything that consoles is fake.

The priesthood is a marriage. People often start by falling in love, and they go...

The priesthood is a marriage. People often start by falling in love, and they go...

In almost every marriage there is a selfish and an unselfish partner. A pattern is...

In almost every marriage there is a selfish and an unselfish partner. A pattern is...

We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life...

We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life...

Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is.

Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is.

He was a sociologist; he had got into an intellectual muddle early on in life...

He was a sociologist; he had got into an intellectual muddle early on in life...

Human affairs are not serious, but they have to be taken seriously.

Human affairs are not serious, but they have to be taken seriously.

There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.

There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.

Falling out of love is very enlightening. For a short while you see the world...

Falling out of love is very enlightening. For a short while you see the world...

I see myself as Rhoda, not Mary Tyler Moore.

I see myself as Rhoda, not Mary Tyler Moore.

Every man needs two women: a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph.

Every man needs two women: a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph.

The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to...

The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to...